Maryland’s leaders are also placing a bet — and it’s a big one. Thanks to legislation enacted this year, the state will invest up to $400 million revamping the Pimlico Race Course and building a new training center.
The Pentagon has awarded the Applied Physics Laboratory $12 billion over the past decade, making Hopkins the largest university recipient of Defense Department money.
Two years after organizing the first union at an Apple retail store, workers in Towson, Baltimore County, are preparing to take another unprecedented step: Becoming the first to go on strike against Apple. The union voted “overwhelmingly” on Saturday to authorize a strike.
A construction contractor is suing a new hotel located across from the Johns Hopkins University campus in Homewood, alleging it is owed $4.3 million for unpaid work at the property, called The Study.
Dan Izhaky, who founded United Safety Technology in 2020, said his ambitions for the factory ran headlong into the country’s struggle to manufacture PPE.
Jonathan Daniels was in his seventh week on the job as executive director of the Maryland Port Administration when the Key Bridge collapsed. Now he is tasked with overseeing the growing port’s return to regular operations.
The state money will tackle a number of projects at the facility including sprucing up the bathrooms, modernizing the phone system, upgrading lighting and renovating the “failing” bridges that span Charles Street.
Whenever a billionaire asks for taxpayer money to build a new stadium, these economists are the people explaining that, no, it’s not a good use of public funds. But they love sports. Really.
In a potentially crippling blow to commerce in the region, the Port of Baltimore is partially shut down after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday morning when it was struck by a cargo ship.